June 21, 2009

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 108

I must be ready to present myself before Him without delay, whenever He might call. But now you please go visit the Pandavas at their home and see the Supreme Absolute Truth in His appearance like a human being.

Even so, I simply feel more attracted to the Supreme Lord in His eternal identity as Sri Raghunatha, the sin of Dasaratha and joy of Mother Kausalya. His heart always tender with natural, unaffected compassion, He is spontaneously attracted to loving exchanges with His devotees, exchagnes free from any tinge of duplicity. He demonstrates how to follow properly the religious duties of a civilized people, and He upholds the strict vow of only having one wife. In the shyness of intimate humility, His face always hooks downward, His eyes fixed on the ground. His exalted character is pleasing to all. He stands with bow in hand, the king of kings, the hero of the city Ayodhya, served by Sita and Laksmana, and with Bharata as His older brother. He rules the race of monkeys as the dear friend of Sugriva and gives shelter to Vibhisana. By my hearing of the pastimes of Krsna, the unlimited loving attraction I feel toward my own master has increased.

But now He has descended to Mathura-puri, where He displays the summit of His opulences and powers. All the mercy He has shown me cannot equal even a speck of the mercy He has shown the saintly Pandavas, any more than a molecule of earth can equal Mount Sumeru.

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 67

Indeed, your devotion for the Lord is absolutely pure, for you consider nothing more valuable than the pleasure of serving Him. You delighted all His devotees by speaking to that best of generous Lords these words:

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 62

Sri Pariksit said: In the blink of an eye Hanuman became sober and bowed down to show respect to the sage among the demigods. Hanuman greeted him with reverence and brought him to the temple of Lord Ramacandra, the hero of the Raghus, so that Narada could offer obeisances.

February 25, 2009

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 51

My dear spiritual master, Hanuman's greatness is well known from scriptual statements like "The chief of the monkeys became perfect by acting as the Lord's servant." His servitude is proof of the Lord's mercy.

February 15, 2009

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 23

The Lord truly gives His mercy, saintly authorities believe, when He grants the right to render various kinds of service, a blessing He gives to such devotees as Hanuman. Nothing else counts as His mercy.

Responding to your Lord's love, you agreed to assume your father's throne. And as you told Lord Nrsimha in your prayers, by doing this you wished to help deliver all people. You are still on that royal seat, fixed in meditation on Lord Nrsimha.

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 6

While immersed in meditation on Krsna, you seemed to forget your own existance. Like a madman you danced and sang and called out loudly, your body trembling. In this way you spread devotional service unto Lord Visnu, delivering all the worlds from the cycle of material life and filling them with joy.

Sri Pariksit said: After the sage Narada heard Lord Siva'swords, which impressed him as most amazing, he was eager to see Prahlada in person. He at once, therefore, traveled to Sri Sutala by the path of the heart and entered running into the city of the demons.